Amitabh announces plans for ABCL:

Bollywood Hungama

ByBollywood Hungama

May 4, 2001 - 12:00 am IST

Amitabh Bachchan is enjoying his third innings like never before. At a lavish function on May 3 at The Club, Andheri, hosted by Bachchans outfit A.B. Corp, Jhamu Sughand, Rakesh Mehra (director of AKS) and H.M.V., the star spoke of his plans after AKS. Actually, the party was a formality to announce the tie-up between A.B. Corp and H.M.V. The music of AKS, which was initially with T-Series, has been taken over by H.M.V., who will release the music of the film exactly two weeks from now. A.B. Corp is in the process of starting four more films, starting with the Aamir Khan-Rani Mukherji project, to be directed by Mansoor Khan. Then there is the Rakesh Mehra-directed film, starting the three Bachchans together for the first time Amitabh, Jaya and Abhishek. Two more projects are likely to roll shortly, although the details werent revealed at this juncture. A special preview of AKS was also witnessed by the writer and must add, the film is bound to generate a lot of heat once it releases. The songs are stylishly shot and the look of the film is akin to a Hollywood product. Incidentally, the music rights of all the five films produced by A.B. Corp have been acquired by H.M.V.